STAFF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Staff Human Resources Manager. 

POSITION PURPOSE
Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. This individual will report to the Associate Director of Human Resources.  The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million.

This position will be responsible for all aspects of staff employment and HR related business processes.

The position is part of a six person human resources team that supports the department that is composed of the Associate Director of HR, two Academic Human Resources Managers, two Staff Human Resources Managers (one of which is this position), a Recruiter, and a Payroll/Financial Analyst. As a unit, they provide full support for both academic and staff human resources.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Associate Director for HR, this position is responsible for collaborating with staff and faculty on the development of innovative processes, streamlining procedures and developing tools that enhance and improve Department operations. It is a position that functions as part of the team that manages Academic and Staff Human Resources operations for research divisions, programs and centers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
55% Manage Staff Human Resources and Personnel Program:
Oversee the entire process of new staff appointments, reclassifications, and staff leave management.